Tips and Traps for New Home Owners

Buying a home is a lot like starting a business. There are all kinds of financial considerations to make from getting adequate insurance to deciding when and if to refinance. In addition, there are the practical considerations of operating the new home from modernizing the heating/air condition system to changing windows to double-pane. What are the pitfalls? Which are the traps to avoid? and what must new home owners do to protect their investment? The answers are found in the comprehensive, TIPS AND TRAPS FOR THE NEW HOME OWNER. It begins with a complete check of the basic financials that every home owner must know. Recording keeping, timing the refinance, minimizing taxes and more are explained. Then in a second section, the operation of the home is outlined from a thorough before move-in checklist to an annual maintenance schedule. TIPS AND TRAPS FOR THE NEW HOME OWNER contains all the information that an owner needs to move-in, financially operate, and successfully maintain a home. There’s never been a book quite like this, yet every one of the 6 million new home owner’s each year wishes he or she had one.

Author Biography

Robert Irwin has built homes from the ground up as well as completed dozens of major renovation and remodeling projects. He is best known as a real estate broker and the author of the best-selling Tips & Traps real estate series. He serves as a consultant to lenders, investors, and brokers. With over 50 books, including Buying a Home on the Internet and The Pocket Guide for Home Buyers, Irwin is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable writers in the real estate field today.